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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Before 9/11 almost no one had ever even heard of Afghanistan -- maybe not even myself, even though I have/had a much better understanding of geography than my the vast majority of mouthbreathing fellows. A smaller, but still comparable number of people probably didn't even know the Soviet-Afghan War even happened, let alone our role in it.
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What? No. Maybe not people our age, but most of the adults should have known about Afghanistan.
If you feel like reading:
Afghanistan, The United States, and the Legacy of Afghanistan’s Civil War